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Bug #77169 Sorting referenced array messes last index
Submitted: 2018-11-17 22:22 UTC Modified: 2018-11-17 22:43 UTC
From: dropapapa at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Any
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2018-11-17 22:22 UTC] dropapapa at gmail dot com
Description:
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When foreaching array of arrays referenced, the last index will remain pointer to the second last index afterwards.

Test script:
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<?php
$arrays = [
  [1,3,2],
  [2,8,3],
  [10,8,9],
];
foreach ($arrays as &$array) {
  echo 'First: ' . implode(', ', $array) . PHP_EOL;
}
$arrays[1] = [3,3,3];
foreach ($arrays as $array) {
  echo 'Second: ' . implode(', ', $array) . PHP_EOL;
}



Expected result:
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Last index would act same way the others do.

Actual result:
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Last index is now reference to second last index.

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 [2018-11-17 22:43 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2018-11-17 22:43 UTC] requinix@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php
Big red warning.
 [2018-11-17 22:57 UTC] spam2 at rhsoft dot net
your code is broken because it#s missing a unset()
either try to understand what references are or don't use them

https://schlueters.de/blog/archives/180-References-Still-bad-in-PHP-7.html
 
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